On Wednesday, Nov. 12, Henry (Pete) French, Jr., history professor emeritus, became the sixth recipient of the Harold Hacker Library Lifetime Achievement Award.
French has served on the boards of the Rundel Library Foundation, the Friends of the Rochester Public Library, Reynolds Library, Rochester Public Library, Rochester Regional Library Council and Mendon Public Library. His commitment to library service cumulatively represents more than three-quarters of a century.
Pete and his family have named the Central Library’s Literature, Philosophy and Religion section after his mother, Genevieve Lynn Johnson French. The Library Director’s Office honors his parents, Henry P. French, Sr. and Genevieve French. The French family has also endowed a Chair in Business Administration and Economics at MCC as well as scholarships in political science and history.
Janet Ekis
College and Community Relations
11/19/2008 |